Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 18:58
Run Duration	452 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 693 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.3 82% 99.8 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 81 71% 87 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 320GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2340 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 884514408	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 408 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 43.8 176% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 26.1 33% 57 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2760 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 160 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 52 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8938376192	99.2% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 401 Mixed 414 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 32.6 161% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 25.5 54% 104 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 134%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 515GB free Firmware: 01.01K03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 78 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 103 Write 119 Mixed 86.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.35 120% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 458GB free Firmware: 1012 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 192 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4105 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	40.3% Average	Read 68 Write 72.3 Mixed 68.4 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 60%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS PRO 32GB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 10GB free, PID 0177 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 10.6 Mixed 11 16% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.19 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 20% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 19%
USB2.0 Flash Disk 4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 5 Mixed 7.6 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.48 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 27.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	147x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	34x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
Intenso 1TBBench 128%, 430 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	8x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16